[Koha-devel] Perl 7

[dcook at prosentient.com.au]

For those who don't know, Perl 7 was just announced yesterday:
https://www.perl.com/article/announcing-perl-7/

 

I've talked about this in the "Perl version requirement" thread but
basically it boils down to "Perl 7 is v5.32 with different settings. Your
code should work if it's not a mess. Expect a user release within a year."

 

The article is worth a read though. It points out a number of language
aspects that have changed (e.g. bareword file handles, indirect object
notation, etc), and we could actually work on eliminating those in our
current code to bring Koha more in line with modern Perl. 

 

While we're still years away from moving Koha over to this hypothetical Perl
7, it's something to look forward to. 

 

David Cook

Systems Librarian

Prosentient Systems

72/330 Wattle St

Ultimo, NSW 2007

Australia

 

Office: 02 9212 0899

Online: 02 8005 0595

 

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